Colorado, 1993

Hail in Colorado, February 1 to 27, 1993

February 1 to 27, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Coz002 - 004 - 007 - 008 - 010

When
February 1, 12:00 AM MST to February 27, 4:30 PM MST
Where
Coz002 - 004 - 007 - 008 - 010 County, Ventura and Los
Measured
0.75 in hail

A slow-moving storm moved into Southwest Colorado, bringing heavy snow to the mountains and the Four Corners. Snowfall totals for the mountains included 27 inches at Irwin ski area; 24 inches at Wolf Creek; 23 inches at Steamboat Springs; 18 inches at Telluride and Summitville (35 miles west of Alamosa); 15.5 inches at Mary Jane ski area; 14.5 inches at Vail; 13 inches at both Aspen Highlands ski area and Rio Grande Reservoir (in the San Juan Mountains); 12 inches at Beaver Creek, Monarch and Cuchura Valley ski areas; and 11.5 inches at Sunlight ski area. In the Four Corners, Ft. Lewis (10 miles southwest of Durango) and Yellow Jacket (12 miles northwest of Cortez) each received 6 inches.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10316743.